Believing in place : a spiritual geography of the Great Basin / Richard V. Francaviglia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Francaviglia, Richard V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and geography.

Great Basin--Description and travel.

Great Basin.

Great Basin--Social life and customs.

Great Basin--Religious life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 289 p. ) ill., 1 map ;

Place of Publication:

Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Believing in Place is a reflection on the ways that human needs and spiritual traditions can shape our perceptions of the land. That the Great Basin has inspired such a complex variety of responses is partly due to its enigmatic vastness and isolation, partly to the remarkable range of peoples who have found themselves in the region. Using not only the materials of traditional geography but folklore, anthropology, Native American and Euro-American religion, contemporary politics, and New Age philosophies, Francaviglia has produced a timely investigation of the role of human conceptions of place in that space we call the Great Basin."--Jacket.

Contents:

Landscape and storytelling

Darkness and light

Water and memory

Stories in stone

Encounters with the wind

In search of the great spirit

Chosen people, chosen land

Vanishing cities of Zion

Pilgrimages to Babylon

Landscapes of Armageddon

Into sacred places

Believing in place.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-277) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-87417-580-1

OCLC:

54530673